Water-motor.



G. C. RIDDLE WATER MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED mwza, I911- 1,265,114. Patented May 7, 1918.

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WATER-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1918.

Application filed May 26, 1917. Serial No. 171,309.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE C. RIDDLE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Riddle. in the county ofOwyhee and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Water-Motors, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in water motors and hasrelation more particularly to a device of this general charactor of arotary type, and it is an object of the invention to provide a watermotor adapted to be operated under the influence of a flowing stream.

It is also an object of the invention'to provide a novel and improveddevice of this general character wherein the rotor may be adjustedvertically to compensate for the rise or fall of the flowing stream withwhich it coacts.

Furthermore, the invention has for an object to provide a device of thisgeneral character having blades or paddles mounted for swinging movementtogether with means for causing said paddles to assume an open oroperative position when the same has reached a predetermined point inits travel with the rotor.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved watermotor whereby certain important advantages are attained and the deviceis rendered simpler, less expensive and.

otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is afragmentary view in elevation withportions broken away illustrating a water motor constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of my improved motor asherein embodied, one of the stub shafts being shown in section; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective of an end portion of one ofthe paddles as herein included.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings G denotes guide ways'adaptedto be disposed downwardly through a stream of flowing water and coactingwith said guides are the slides 1 having their upper ends connected by across head 2 or the like. Operatively engaged with the cross head 2 isan operating member 3 for raising and lowering the slides 1 inaccordance with the requirements of practice as necessitated by the riseor fall of a flowing stream.

Rotatably supported by the lower end portions of the slides 1 are thestub shafts 4 suitably secured to the heads 5 of the rotor R. The rotorR is hollow and preferably cylindrical in form and produced from heavyboiler iron.

Coacting with the periphery of the rotor R and extending longitudinallythereof for substantially the entire length of the rotor are the paddlesP, said paddles P being in predetermined circumferentially spacedrelation. The inner longitudinal margin of each of the paddles P ishingedly connected as at 6 with the rotor R and said paddle is alsosubstantially concavo-convex in cross section for a purpose which isbelieved to be self-evident.

The opposite ends of each of the paddles P adjacent its inner margin, isprovided with angularly disposed lugs or wings 7 adapted to limit theoutward movement of the paddle especially as imposed thereon by theflowing stream. The lugs or wings 7 are provided with the outwardlydirected pins or fingers 8 adapted to be engaged by the upstanding tripmembers 9 carried by the I inwardly directed arms 10 fixed to thelowerportions of the slides 1. It is to be noted that the trip members 9 areso positioned as to engage the fingers or pins 8 after the paddles havepassed their horizontal or their downward movement so that said paddleswill automatically be caused to assume an open or operative position. Itis also to be noted that the trip members 9 are substantiallysemicircular in form.

In practice the rotor R is adapted to be submerged and as thepaddles Pare raised the same will fall by gravity'into a closed position and willmaintain such position until positively thrown into an open positionthrough the medium of the trip members 9, hereinbefore referred to, sothat the lowermost paddles may have requisite coaction with the flowingstream to efiect' the desired movement of the rotor R.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a watermotor constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremelysimple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmay be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention issusceptible of some change and modification without material departurefrom the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason 1 do not wishto be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement andformation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my inventionin practice, except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, guideways, slides engaged within the guideways and provided with means formoving the same, a rotor rotatably supported by the slides, paddleshingedly connected with said rotor, a wing carried by each of saidpaddles and coacting with the rotor for limiting the outward swingingmovement of the paddles, an outstanding finger carried by the wing, anda trip member supported by one of the slides and engageable with thefinger car- 3 ried by the wing of each of the paddles for throwing thepaddle into open position.

2. A. device of the character described comprising, in combination,guideways, slides engaged within the guideways and 40 provided withmeans for moving the same, a rotor rotatably supported by the slides,paddles hingedly connected with said rotor, a wing carried by each ofsaid paddles and coacting with the rotor for limiting the outwardswinging movement of the paddles, an outstanding finger carried by thewing, and a trip member supported by one of the slides, said trip memberbeing provided with an upstanding arouate portion engageable with thefinger carried by the wing of each of the paddles for throwing saidshoulder in open position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. 5t

GEORGE C. RIDDLE.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. RIDDLE, J. G. STRIGKLAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

